Born Johnny Lamont Merrett on Feb. 11 1943 in Grgory, AR. This is the original "Johnny Taylor". Little Johnny came to Los Angeles in 1950 and did a stint with the Mighty Clouds Of Joy before going secular. He debuted as an R&B artist with a pair of 45s for the Swingin' logo, but his career took off with Fantasy's Galaxy subsidiary in 1963. His first hit "You'' Need Another Favor" hit #27 on R & B charts in 1963 but it was his next hit where he hit the big time. His cover of Clay Hammond's "Part Time Love" went straight to #1 on the R & B chart and even crossed over on pop charts to #19. After some more minor hits for Galaxy Taylor eventually signed with Stan Lewis' Ronn label and scored big again with the hits "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing" & "Open House At My House". LJT's chart success waned and it wasn't until the late 80s that he started recording often again with Ichiban Records. Although he never returned to the success of his glory days he remained active performing until his death in 2002

Album Discography

"Little Johnny Taylor"
(Galaxy 1963)

1. Since I Found A New Love
2. Part Time Love
3. Darling, Believe In Me
4. Stay Sweet
5. You Got To Go On
6. She's Yours, She's Mine (She's Somebody Else's Too)
7. She Tried To Understand
8. Somewhere Down The Line
9. You're the One For Me
10. As Quick As I Can
11. You'll Need Another Favor
12. What You Need Is A Ball

1. Open House at My House, Pt.1
2. You're Not the Only One Baby (That's Got Someone Across Town)
3. My Special Rose
4. Thousand Miles Away, A
5. I Can't Stop Loving You
6. What Would I Do (Without You)
7. Open House at My House, Pt.2
8. You're Saving' Your Best Loving For Me
9. As Long as I Don't See You
10. Strange Bed With a Bad Head
11. I'll Make It Worth Your While

1. Funky Ghetto
2. Make Love to Me Baby
3. Only the Lonely Knows
4. Walking the Floor
5. (I'm Just a Crumb in Your) Bread Box
6. When Are You Coming Home
7. Cry It Out Baby
8. Honey Lou
9. Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
10. Pretending Love
11. I Can't See Myself as a One Woman Man
12. Gonna Find Me a New Love

"L.J.T." (Ronn 1979)

1. L.J.T.
2. I Asked Myself a Question
3. I Need Some Lovin'
4. I Should Have Known
5. But You Do
6. A-Amen
7. A New Song
8. Just One More Chance to Be With You
9. Don't Do It
10. I'm So in Love

1.
Stuck In The Mud
2. Full Time Love
3. I Will Give It Back To You
4. First Class Love
5. There Is Something On Your Mind
6. Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
7. You Can Help Yourself
8. Your Fade Is Further Down The Road

"Ugly Man" (Ichiban 1989)

1. Have You Ever Been to Kansas
City
2. Never Be Lonely and Blue
3. L. J. T.
4. Ugly Man
5. It's My Fault Darlin'
6. I Enjoy You
7. How Can a Broke Man Survive
8. King-Size Souvenir
9. Have You Ever Been to Kansas City

1. You'll Need Another Favor
2. What You Need Is a Ball
3. Part Time Love
4. Somewhere Down the Line
5. Since I Found a New Love
6. My Heart Is Filled With P
7. First Class Love
8. If You Love Me (Like You
9. You Win, I Lose
10. Nightingale Melody
11. I Smell Trouble
12. True Love
13. For Your Precious Love
14. I've Never Had a Woman Like You
15. Somebody's Got to Pay
16. Help Yourself
17. One More Chance
18. Please Come Home For Chri
19. All I Want Is You
20. Zig Zag Lightning
21. Things That I Used To, The
22. Big Blue Diamonds
23. I Know You Hear Me Callin
24. Driving Wheel
25. Sometimey Woman
26. Double or Nothing

"You're Looking Good" (Nasha 1997)

1.
You're Looking Good
2. Working Man
3. She Is No Good To Me
4. You Must Think I Am Crazy
5. Will You Be Home By Xmas
6. Golden Rule
7. When Things Go Wrong
8. When God Made You
9. Instrumental

"Part Time Love" (Ronn 1997)

"Part Time Love"
is mostly
made up of singles released between 1974-1976. (The actual album was not
officially released until 1997).

1. Part Time Love
2. You're Gonna Need Another Favor
3. True Lovin'
4. Future
5. I Can't See Myself As a One Woman Man
6. I Don't Want It All
7. Hard Head
8. Found a New Love
9. Junkie for Your Love
10. When Are You Coming Home

Various Artists "Diggin' Gold: A Galaxy Of West Coast Blues" (Ace
2004)